Transplantation — Biscayne National Park, Florida

OPP-WBCBHPpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-WBCBHP

Published as: Stabilization of fragments to enhance asexual recruitment in Acropora palmata, a threatened Caribbean coral | Technique: Transplantation | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Acropora | Method: Collected coral fragments were grouped into 18 replicate experimental blocks of three with similar size and tissue coverage. The three fragments in each block were then haphazardly allocated to one of three treatments: cable tied to the substrate, epoxied to the substrate, and an unstabilized control. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 99% | Post-restoration monitoring: 11 months | Authors' conclusion: Stabilized fragments lost less tissue cover and ranked higher in performance than the unstabilized control fragments. Stabilization using cable ties and epoxy were similarly effective. | Lessons reported: Stabilizing fragments will preserve live tissue and enhance growth of fragments and can thus improve the survivorship of fragments. | This record was compiled from a published source and has not been confirmed by the organisation that carried out the work. No contribution to the condition index is recorded: the source reports survival of transplanted material, which is not a measure of ecosystem condition.

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